Online Fortune Telling: Your Son Has Another Dad

Chapter 589 - 587: Half-Burnt Incense

Yan Jun listened, his face inevitably showing a few signs of amazement.

Could you actually see half an incense stick here?

Is this the fabled "dog’s luck"?

"How did you light that half incense stick?"

Yan Ya was very curious about what method the other party used to light the incense.

"Of course, with a lighter!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Tong smiled smugly, flipping her hand to retrieve a lighter from the pocket of her coat.

She held the lighter, flauntingly waving it in front of the other two.

"Isn’t this my lighter?"

Yan Jun focused his eyes to take a look, recognizing it as the beloved lighter he had lost several days ago.

He had been upset for quite some time because of this.

Unexpectedly, the lighter had been sneakily taken by Yan Tong!

Just as he reached out, preparing to take back his lighter, Yan Tong swiftly flicked her hand to pocket the lighter again.

She looked at her brother with a smug smile and said, "I honestly don’t have many hobbies."

"But one of them is collecting other people’s lighters."

"Besides, I never smoke, so when they lose their lighters, no one would suspect me..."

After listening, Yan Jun was at a loss for words.

What kind of hobby is this?

Previously, while at the old family courtyard, he would lose a couple of lighters every now and then.

Originally, he thought that the older brothers borrowed them casually while smoking.

Who would have thought that the one who took the lighters was Yan Tong, who never smoked?

And just as she said, after losing the lighter, no one would suspect someone who never smoked.

Yan Tong flicked the long hair hanging by her ear and continued, "I was lucky, I found a half incense stick and happened to have a lighter in my pocket."

"Next, I took out the lighter, attempting to ignite that half incense stick."

"But in the beginning, no matter how I tried, the half incense stick wouldn’t light."

"I was sweating profusely with anxiety; if I couldn’t light it soon, the kidnappers from outside might come in."

"At that moment, a sudden idea flashed in my mind."

"The Divine Temple was blood-red from inside to out, even the long vines that needed to consume human flesh were the same hue."

"And both the blood-red long vine at the first gate and the blood-red stone lion at the second gate required human blood and life to open."

"So, I bit into my finger heavily..."

When Yan Tong said this, she deliberately extended her right index finger to show the other two.

Yan Ya and Yan Jun looked together and indeed saw a tooth mark-like wound on the index finger.

"After biting my finger, I let the blood drip onto the half incense stick."

"Can you guess what happened next?"

Yan Tong asked the two mysteriously.

"How would I know what happened?"

Yan Jun shook his head speechlessly.

"Boring!"

Yan Tong glared at him before continuing, "After I dripped blood on the half incense stick, it spontaneously burst into flames!"

"I didn’t use the lighter at all!"

She still felt incredibly amazed.

Then she asked, "By the way, do you remember what I just said earlier..."

"Earlier I mentioned that outside at the stair landing, there’s a Bronze Tripod Incense Burner with nine thick incense sticks burning several meters high?"

"Yes!"

The two gently nodded, recalling her statement.

"The scent of the burning half incense stick was almost identical to those nine thick incense sticks."

This time, Yan Tong’s face no longer carried a smile.

Replaced by a trace of solemnity.

She continued slowly, "Previously, when I first smelled it, I felt it was a bit strange."

"The fragrance wasn’t pure, it seemed mixed with something else, making it seem faintly peculiar."

"Unfortunately, the Bronze Tripod Incense Burner was too high, and I was threatened by kidnappers then; how could I have leisure to sniff it out?"

"So, when the half incense stick in my hand was burning, I sniffed it cautiously several times."

"I discovered that the scent’s hidden peculiarity seemed to be a strange bloody smell..."

"Fifth sister, didn’t you just drip blood on that half incense stick earlier?"

"So, naturally, it would smell bloody when ignited."

Yan Jun suddenly interjected.

Yan Tong, interrupted, was naturally displeased.

She gave her brother a stern look before emphasizing, "What do you know?"

"The bloody scent I’m talking about is different from fresh blood."

"Not only is there a hint of fishiness, but also a bit of stench..."

"Alright, alright, you’re right!"

Yan Jun, wisely, did not choose to continue debating with her.

"Hmph!"

After a slight snort, Yan Tong continued, "Feeling that fragrance was a bit odd, I didn’t dare to smell it any longer."

"Next, I inserted this half incense stick into the Bronze Incense Burner before me."

"Then imitated the monks and Daoists from TV, paying respects to the statue before me several times."

"At the same time, according to the hint on the incense burner, I began to wish."

"My wish was simple, just to leave here and reunite with my brother and sister..."

Upon hearing this, Yan Ya immediately exchanged a glance with Yan Jun.

The kidnapped, missing Yan Tong now appeared lively before them.

This proves the "burning incense and wishing" function of the Bronze Incense Burner is indeed real!

Yan Jun licked his slightly dry lips.

If the Bronze Incense Burner could truly realize a wish just by burning incense, that would be terrifying!

"Phew..."

Yan Tong took a deep breath, continuing in a serious tone, "You know, after I made my wish, the burning speed of that half incense stick suddenly accelerated."

"Initially, it was like ordinary incense, drifting a wisp of white smoke, slowly burning."

"But after wishing in my heart, its burning speed increased a thousand times, even ten thousand times!"

"In just a few blinks, the half incense stick burned to the base."

"At the same time, I suddenly felt my heart racing, almost on the verge of blowing up in the next second."

"Just as I was terrified, everything went dark, as if I lost consciousness, knowing nothing."

"Upon regaining consciousness and opening my eyes, I saw the two of you..."

After hearing Yan Tong’s account of how she returned, both Yan Ya and Yan Jun felt incredibly amazed.

During this process, several coincidences occurred.

Yan Tong happened to open the gate, incidentally discovered the statue’s Bronze Incense Burner.

Then, by chance found a half incense stick, coincidentally bit her finger, igniting it.

Finally, managed to leave the Divine Temple before the half incense stick finished burning.

Missing any of these coincidences would likely mean Yan Tong would remain trapped in that temple.

Or be caught by the kidnappers who entered later, ending her life with a bullet...